Comics

If 2010 was a year for shying away from the comic book event series, 2011 more than made up for it. With DC Comics seeing their line-wide epic Flashpoint lead into an entire relaunch of their universe and Marvel Comics undergoing their biggest event year in quite some time in the form of Fear Itself and X-Men: Schism, this year had no shortage of giant superhero tales. The year also ushered in the deaths of some fan-favorite characters and spawned a lot of controversy that continues to be debated well into the New Year. Most importantly, though, 2012 was a pretty stellar year in comics with lots of new voices and characters getting their time to shine. Here’s what we loved the most.